Hidden Agenda Page #5

What for?

Possession of arms and IRA membership.

He was doing a punishment for the IRA

on some local gangsters...

who were robbin' their own community,

and he got caught by the RUC.

Just like him.

He never did have much luck.

So you said in your note

that you might have some information.

I'm just delivering a message.

Harris wants to meet you

and the policeman Kerrigan.

- When?

- Tomorrow night.

Look, after what's happened,

can you trust Kerrigan?

- Yeah, I trust him. I think he's different.

- Anyway, Harris wants him there.

You're to meet at a Republican club

off Falls Road. I have the address.

Will Kerrigan be safe

in a Republican club?

He'll be safe as long

as you're with him.

I'll get you that photograph

I told you about.

This is it.

He's an officer in the SAS.

He led a killer squad across the border.

That's where this photograph was taken.

Is there anything

in Sgt. Kennedy's statement...

you disagree with, Superintendent?

No, sir.

He says that you instructed

him to lie to the CID...

about the shooting of Paul Sullivan

and Frank Molloy. Is this true?

It was to protect

our source of information.

- Can you tell me what that source was?

- That's classified information.

- On whose orders?

- On the orders of Mr. Brodie.

When your men returned to the barracks,

they were given a debriefing.

Were they given a cover-up story?

Certain evidence was withheld, yes.

A dress rehearsal, so they could

decide what to tell the CID?

- Yes, sir.

- By you?

Yes, sir, but I was acting under orders.

This Englishman...

tall, thinning hair, about 40...

who took the tape, who is he?

- Don't know, sir.

- Have you seen him before?

Once, with Mr. Brodie.

Where?

Here, in this building.

- Did he show you his authority?

- No, sir.

He just walked in and took the tape?

I received a phone call from Mr. Brodie.

He told you to give it to him?

Yes, sir.

- Would you mind if I smoke, sir?

- Yes, I do.

Go!

Move! Move it!

Get out of here!

- Police!

- Get out of my house!

- There's nobody in there! Just get out!

- Get inside, get in there.

What do you want? My baby's in there.

Don't let them go in there!

I'm arresting you under

the Emergency Provisions Act.

- Get your clothes on now!

- What are they doing?

My baby's in the other room.

Okay, that's too bad.

Get your clothes on!

- No! What are you arresting me for?

- Get your clothes on.

- I'm arresting you under Section 11!

- I haven't done anything!

- We'll see about that!

- Will you, now? I'm going nowhere!

Tell him to get out of there!

My baby's in there!

- Get your clothes on now!

- I'm putting no clothes on!

Get off!

- You b*tch!

- Get off!

- Get off me!

- Just calm down!

I'm going nowhere

until I've seen a solicitor!

- Just calm down! Open the door, Sam.

- What about my baby next door?

Open that door. We're going downtown.

- I'm going nowhere!

- Hold her!

- Has Brodie's office returned my call yet?

- No.

Try again now.

Mr. Kerrigan's secretary.

Did you set up that appointment

with Mr. Brodie yet?

Why not?

I've been trying since 12:00 yesterday.

Excuse me. He can't meet you today.

- He has an official engagement.

- Playing games.

Find out when he's leaving.

Is Mr. Brodie there now?

What time's his appointment? Thank you.

He's there until 2:30.

Two statements:

Fraser's and Sgt. Kennedy's.

- I'd like to see them.

- They'll be in my report.

- And now you want to question me?

- Interview you.

- Make an appointment.

- All right. When?

- At my convenience.

- Will you get off your f***in' high horse?

I don't ask your cooperation!

I demand it!

- What is it you want?

- Everything, chapter and verse.

- That might not be possible.

- Why not?

Give me your question,

and please try to hurry.

I've got another funeral to attend.

Both Superintendent Fraser and

Sgt. Kennedy admit there was a cover-up.

- Fraser says you ordered it.

- Classified.

Then the buck stops here?

- It's classified.

- I can't accept that.

Then put that in your report, too.

Next question.

- He says...

- Who says?

Fraser says

it was in order to protect the source.

- That's acceptable.

- Not to me, it isn't.

That's because

you have been meddling in things...

Meddling? I am conducting

an investigation, for Christ's Sake!

Cover-up stories are used

to protect informants...

whose lives might be endangered.

Look.

The last thing I want to do

is to probe into sensitive areas.

But these civil-liberties people

are organized.

They're sending over a lawyer

from the States for the inquest.

So?

They'll make mincemeat out of you.

They'll ask questions.

I've got a couple questions of my own.

There was no roadblock.

No witnesses were questioned,

no resistance offered.

The weapon found in the car

had no fingerprints.

Forensic showed

the shot that killed Sullivan...

was fired at a distance of two meters

after the car had crashed.

The officers involved

were acting on the assumption...

that both men were armed and dangerous.

Prove it.

What was Sullivan doing in Dungannon

at 5:
00 in the morning with Molloy?

Was there a warrant out for them?

- No, there wasn't.

- Then you've no case.

There's no law against

two men deciding to go out for a drive.

When that comes out in court,

your cover story will be blown...

because neither Kennedy nor Fraser

are prepared to carry the can.

- That's for the DPP to decide.

- Will he have a choice?

When that lawyer gets him at the inquest,

he'll squeeze him like toothpaste.

Do you think I give a sh*t

about a smart-arsed American lawyer?

I would, if I were you!

Yes. The RUC do run covert operations,

but so do the IRA!

If you want to bring home the bacon,

you first of all have to kill the pig.

Now, if you will excuse me...

three of our young men

are being buried this morning.

Blown up by a land mine.

I have more questions.

Two of them were married

with young children.

I want that tape.

What tape?

The tape they found on Sullivan's body

and brought back to Gough Barracks.

This Fraser again?

And Kennedy.

It's in both their statements.

- I don't have the tape.

- But you know who does.

- Classified information.

- "Classified" bullshit!

What the f*** are you people runnin'

here? Your own private shooting war?

Checks and balances, Mr. Kerrigan.

Between the jigs and the reels,

we are winning.

And innocent lives are being saved

as a result!

The source you wish to protect

is Army Intelligence.

Am I right?

- What did you say?

- I'll say it again quickly.

Molloy and Sullivan

were killed for that tape...

and Army Intelligence, Ml5, Ml6,

call it what you want, are involved...

and I want to know why, Mr. Brodie.

- Then take it up with them.

- You ordered it.

My participation was limited

to policing the operation.

- That will sound wonderful in court.

- What court?

There will be accounting.

Charges will be made.

- By you?

- I'll recommend it in my report.

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